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In a room full of draped tables topped with piles of pamphlets, retired Air Force officer Lawrence Autry of Atwater found someone who may be able to replace his 1970s refrigerator.
Autry smiled and pointed at his folder covered in scribbled notes. Thursday's Veterans' Information Fair came through for Autry.
WASHINGTON -- Public and private pressure is building on Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, and other lawmakers who say they are undecided on a big health care bill. That's the price of wait-and-see.
E-mails are piling up. Telephone lines are crashing. Republicans and labor unions are running competing ads. Fox News and the Drudge Report are retailing GOP rumors and some constituents on all sides of the issue are getting impatient.
FRESNO -- Close to 200 top-shelf custom cars and hot rods will be gleaming under the spotlights today through Sunday at the 51st Fresno Autorama.
The Merced Irrigation District, along with a coalition of locally owned public utilities, filed a lawsuit Thursday to disqualify a June 8 ballot measure that could change how electricity is sold in California.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
UC Merced recently released a spring break travel warning for parts of Mexico, but many UC Merced students will be spending their already limited funds on gas or train tickets home, rather than on lavish vacations.
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Six people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence by Merced police this week, as part of the department's St. Patrick's Day DUI enforcement efforts.
This week, "Off the 99" interviewed Hicham Eltal, deputy general manager of the Merced Irrigation District; Mindy Spatt, communications director for The Utility Reform Network; and Robin Swanson, spokeswoman for the Yes on 16 campaign, about Proposition 16.
ATWATER -- For several years, Atwater's Police Department has overspent its overtime budget, prompting one city councilman to ask, "Does the city need more officers?"
Surprisingly, the answer from Chief Richard Hawthorne is no.LIVINGSTON -- The city's newest planning commissioners are young, male and educated.
A prominent national environmental organization is making good on its threat to try to stymie Richard Pombo's attempt to return to Congress.
